College Salary Report: Majors That Pay You Back

If you want to get rich -- or at least, comfortable enough not to have to worry about paying off those loans -- which major you choose can be even more important than which college or university you decide to attend. PayScale's latest release of the College Salary Report focuses on the majors that will help you pull in the big bucks.

October 1, 2014

If you want to get rich — or at least, comfortable enough not to have to worry about paying off those loans — which major you choose can be even more important than which college or university you decide to attend. PayScale’s latest release of the College Salary Report focuses on the majors that will help you pull in the big bucks.

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Unsurprisingly, STEM degrees took the top spots for both two- and four-year degrees, with actuarial mathematics majors bringing up the No. 2 spot for bachelor’s degrees, and computer engineering coming in second for an associate degree. In fact, every one of the top five majors for either two- or four-year degrees was in a science, technology, engineering, or math concentration.